Insight in Fundraising Awards - Most innovative use of data or analysis to drive insight

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Entries should clearly demonstrate the innovative use of a particular data set or analysis technique in helping outstanding use of market or supporter intelligence derived from research (either qualitative and/or quantitative), in the development of a fundraising strategy or in informing successful fundraising execution.

Criteria - Entries must demonstrate innovative use or execution of new or existing techniques to deliver outstanding insight around supporter or fundraising activity in the last 12 months, and can be of any size or scale, whether on a shoestring budget or a national scope.

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Why should your entry win? Please provide a summary of what sets your project apart from the rest of the field (200 words max)
Describe the circumstances and context in which the project was initiated. What were the challenges faced by the organisation; what were the objectives of the work; what business drivers shaped the objectives and what where the key drivers of the need for innovation? (200 words max)
How was the work developed to meet the objectives? What was smart about the approach you took? What innovative approaches did you utilise and how did these benefit the project? What issues did you face? (300 words max)
Summarise the key results and insights delivered by the work with specific reference to the impact of the research element. Did results conform to expectations and if not, how? What benefits were delivered to the organisation? (300 words max)
Please provide a short summary of your overall entry - this summary may be published in awards emails, the CIof website or other marketing materials if your entry is successful (100 words max)
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